Galaxy Tab 8.9 vs Galaxy Tab 7.7

The Galaxy Tab 8.9 is coming out later this month according to Best Buy’s website, and the Galaxy Tab 7.7 is coming in the coming months according to Samsung. A lot of people missed the smaller form factor of the original Tab, so which of the these two is better?

Galaxy Tab 8.9

Galaxy Tab 7.7

Screen Size

8.9 inches

7.7 inches

Resolution

1280 x 800

1280 x 800

Rear Camera

3 MP with Auto Focus and LED Flash

3.2 MP Auto Focus

Front Camera

2 MP

2 MP

Processor

1 GHz Dual Core NVIDIA Tegra 2

1.4 GHz Dual Core

Battery

6,000 mAh

5,100 mAh

Weight

470 grams

335 grams

Thinness

8.6 mm

7.9 mm

Memory

16GB/32GB

16GB/32GB/64GB

Ram

1 GB

1 GB

Operating System

Android 3.1 (at least)

Android 3.2

Flash

Yes

Yes

Starting Price

$469 (WiFi-Only 16 GB)

Unknown

Availability

Late September

Next coming months

Clearly the specs are better on the Galaxy Tab 7.7. The chart didn’t mention this, but the 7.7 has a Super AMOLED Plus display making the screen infinitely better than any other screen on the market.

You might opt for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 because it will be available later this month and the 7.7 does not have a release date. The price has not been announced for the 7.7 yet either, and it will likely cost more than the 8.9 because of the better specs in a smaller package. Either way, you can not go wrong.

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Why highlight the battery for the 7.7? Doesn’t it mean it has a shorter period of usage? Additionally isn’t the 8.9 now 1.5Ghz or is that a specific version of the 8.9?

https://www.galaxytabs.com Kyle Dornblaser

Thanks for catching the battery issue. As for the 8.9, only the LTE model will be 1.5 GHz.

http://peterscolum.wordpress.com Pierre-Marie Galite

But it can be rooted to get maximum power right ? Because i don’t know which one i’ve got to buy.

https://www.galaxytabs.com Kyle Dornblaser

It can be overclocked if that is what you mean. My 10.1 is overclocked to 1.4 GHz currently so I imagine we will see the same for the 8.9.

http://peterscolum.wordpress.com Pierre-Marie Galite

Okay so i can take a Galaxy 8.9 instead of waiting for the 7.7 ? because i love the size, it looks like a book.

https://www.galaxytabs.com Kyle Dornblaser

We do not even know when the 7.7 is coming out. The main advantage the 7.7 has (excluding portability) is the Super AMOLED Plus screen. I have heard that it is the most amazing screen people have ever seen because of of the Super AMOLED Plus technology and amazing pixel density.

Goggen

The screen on the 7.7 uses a lot less power, so even though the battery is a bit weaker it will probably last longer.